Usually means: Hastening, speeding up the tempo.
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▸ adverb:  (music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.

Similar:
rushingly, furioso, veloce, furiously, forzando, forzato, sforzato, uptempo, drivingly, allegretto, more...

Opposite:
ritardando, rallentando, adagio

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Similar:
rushingly, furioso, veloce, furiously, forzando, forzato, sforzato, uptempo, drivingly, allegretto, more...

Opposite:
ritardando, rallentando, adagio



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